Welcome to another season of Storied Arcs! For this installment, Mike and Alex are going about as indie comic as they can get as they get ready to discuss Breathers by Justin Madson. They guys get you familiar with cartoonist Justin Madson, someone they understand is probably not that well known, if at all, by […]
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In a special bonus episode, Mike and Alex jump back one season and revisit their discussion of Eat The Rich and Know Your Station because they had the privilege of chatting with the writer and co-creator of those comics, Sarah Gailey! They start as usual with Sarah’s introduction to comics and discuss how they made
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“And if I learned anything from Damian Lake’s betrayal, it’s that every move I make from now on has to be two moves. So I’m not just sneaking back to the U.S.; I’m lighting a signal fire.” The adventures of Velvet Templeton come to a close in Velvet Volume 2 The Man Who Stole The
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“All these weeks on the run, I’ve just been angry… self-righteous. And it’s so stupid… I know… but I’d actually forgotten to be afraid.” Mike and Alex are back on the hunt for the most dangerous woman in the world as they jump into Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting’s Velvet Volume 2 The Secret Lives of Dead Men
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“A group of highly-trained spies and killers. And she’d played each of us… with ease. That was when I realized just how dangerous Velvet Templeton actually was.” Welcome to another season of Storied Arcs! Mike and Alex are here to plunge head first into the world of espionage and intrigue as they break down Velvet Volume 1
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For the next season of Storied Arcs, Mike and Alex are once again revisiting the work of one of their favorite creators. This time, it’s writer Ed Brubaker as the guys get ready break down Velvet, the noir spy thriller from Image Comics by Brubaker and comics legend Steve Epting. First, they give an intro
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This week, Mike and Alex are pleased to be joined by artist and illustrator Liana Kangas to chat about their work on Know Your Station and all manner of other things! They start with Liana’s origins as an artist and learn how they went from selling comics in an LCS to making them. Then they
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“They controlled every aspect of our lived on Earth… and they used that power to make it so being up here, waiting on them hand and foot, was the best future we could reach for. We’re not people to them. We’re punching bags, scapegoats, and test subjects. We’re disposable.” Mike and Alex are back and ready to
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“Ever since that first day, I keep trying to be the right kind of girl so you’ll approve of me. But I’m not the right kind of girl, am I?” How does the saying go again- when the people shall have nothing more to eat, they will eat the rich? Seems like a more than
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New year, new season of the Storied Arcs podcast! And to kick things off, Mike and Alex will be covering two books by the same writer, the Hugo Award winning and up-and-coming comic star Sarah Gailey- Eat The Rich (with artist Pius Bak) and Know Your Station (with artist Liana Kangas), both published by Boom
